
COMPOSITION & FILM SCORING
1st Cycle Academic Diploma
Authorized by MIUR, the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research
- Creation of original music projects with live and studio ensembles
- Conducting practice
- Live performance
- Short films soundtracks creation
- Total tuition hours per year: 982
The 3-year Composition Academic Course was born from an attentive fusion between traditional studies – such as counterpoint, harmony, orchestration – and an attentive look on the contemporaneous professional issues, in order to provide each student with all the necessary tools and skills to achieve his/her own music ideas with the most suited techniques. Each subject will be targeted to applied music: music for films, commercials, short movies, documentaries.
Qualification Validity
The 1st cycle academic diploma issued by Saint Louis is equally valid both in Italy and in Europe, as all qualifications issued by Italian and European Conservatories.
The Course is of EQF level 6 and enhances the student, upon termination, to access Master Level Courses (EQF 7) both in Italy and abroad. To better understand the EQF – European Qualification Framework – for the Italian Higher Education System please visit the website Quadro dei Titoli Italiani.
The Course is ECTS based. Every year is worth 60 ECTS credits, for a total of 180 ECTS credits. To better understand the ECTS – European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System – please visit the dedicated page on the European Commission website.
Breakthroughs and opportunities
At the end of the three-year Course, the graduated student will have the necessary skills and experience for his/her own artistic career.
He/she will be ready to practice the acquired profession as:
- Original music composer
- Applied music composer for films and images
- Orchestrator for small and large players
- Music producer in digital and mixed environments
Or he/she will have the chance to choose to continue his/her studies, attending the further two-year specialization course either in
Film & TV Scoring Composition
or in
Applied Music
Composition graduated Students willing to continue in specialization Courses of other Departments (ex. Songwriting, Jazz Performance, Electronic Music, etc.) will have to sit an Admission Test.